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'Climate change is here now, disrupting sport and threatening lives': TV's Matt Rendell on sportswashing at Vuelta a España, and why mid-race flights should be banned
Cycling Weekly
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August 27, 2025
Guest columnist Matt Rendell, former ITV Tour de France broadcaster, pulls no punches in opinion piece. The riders competing in the Vuelta a España finished stage four in the French Alps on Tuesday, and needed a charter flight to Figueres in Spain...
American Historian Presents Kazakh translation of Central Asian History Book
The Astana Times
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August 27, 2025
ASTANA – The National Academy of Sciences hosted the presentation of the Kazakh-language edition of “Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present” by American scholar Adeeb Khalid on Aug. 23 in Almaty. American historian...
ADB Invests Over $7.5 Billion in Kazakhstan’s Infrastructure and Development
The Astana Times
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August 27, 2025
ASTANA — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has financed projects in Kazakhstan worth more than $7.5 billion over three decades, becoming a key partner in transport, energy, housing, and the social sector. Astana. Photo credit: The Astana Times....
President Tokayev Unveils Ambitious Plans For Kazakhstan's Role In Global Logistics
MENAFN
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August 27, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 27. Currently, twelve international transport corridors pass through Kazakhstan, including five railway and seven road corridors, which strengthens the country's position as a strategic...
Kazakhstan Projects 5% Growth, Lower Deficit and Rising Exports by 2028 Under New Strategy
The Astana Times
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August 26, 2025
ALMATY – According to the forecast, Kazakhstan’s GDP is expected to grow by 5.4% in 2026, with an average annual growth rate of 5.3% over the period. This was revealed during an Aug. 26 government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov....
‘Looking East’: How Can Kazakhstan Secure Favourable Mining Contracts with Foreign Investors
The Astana Times
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August 27, 2025
In the 1990s, major Western oil companies poured billions of dollars of investment into the Kazakh oil industry, leading Kazakhstan to become one of the world’s largest oil producers. While these investments provided a massive boost to the...
Jordanian-Kazakh cooperation talks .. Amman–Astana air link in 2026
Ammon News
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August 27, 2025
Ammon News - Kazakh international news agency (Kazinform) reported that the official visit of His Majesty King Abdullah II will mark an important stage in the development of bilateral relations as the King and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will...
Central Asian Countries Launch New Contact Group on Afghanistan
Times of Central Asia
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August 29, 2025
At Uzbekistan’s initiative, the special representatives of four Central Asian countries convened in Tashkent on August 26, for the inaugural meeting of a new regional Contact Group on Afghanistan. Delegations from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
Kazakhstan Insists Oil Majors Pay $4.4 Billion Fine Despite Court Win
Oil Price
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August 25, 2025
Kazakhstan insists that the international oil majors pay a hefty $4.4 billion fine for sulfur pollution despite a court win for Big Oil earlier this month. At the beginning of August, a Kazakh appellate court sided with the international oil...
Kazakh Nation Cherishes Century-Old Love of Horses
The Astana Times
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August 25, 2025
ASTANA – The horse has long been central to the cultural and everyday life of the Kazakh people, playing a role unmatched by any other animal. For centuries, it was an inseparable part of nomadic existence, valued for transport, sustenance, and...
Astana Finance Days 2025 Forum to Kick Off Next Week
The Astana Times
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August 25, 2025
ASTANA — The Kazakh capital is set to host the eighth Astana Finance Days on Sept. 4-5, under the auspices of the Astana International Forum (AIF). According to AIF press service, this year’s theme, dubbed Where Capital Empowers the Future, plays...
Kazakhstan’s Constitution at 30: What Has Been Achieved?
The Astana Times
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August 25, 2025
ASTANA — When people voted in the 1995 national referendum (Aug. 30) to adopt a new Constitution, they laid the cornerstone of modern statehood. More than just a legal charter, the Constitution of Kazakhstan is marked by its humanist focus....
Kazakhstan Advances Trade Growth and Export Diversification
The Astana Times
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August 25, 2025
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is strengthening trade development and expanding non-resource exports in line with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s 2024 state-of-the-nation address titled ‘Just Kazakhstan: Law and Order, Economic Growth, Public Optimism’....
China, SCO partners join hands for more sustainable future
People's Daily Online
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(Xinhua) 08:50, August 27, 2025 This photo taken on April 3, 2023 shows some wind turbine generators of the 100-MW Zhanatas wind farm in Zhanatas, Kazakhstan. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua) China has remained committed to its transformation...
Kazakhstan continues to fine Kashagan consortium $4.4 billion
World Energy News - Connecticut
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A source and an official document indicate that Kazakhstan's regional environmental department has imposed a fine of $4.4 billion on an international consortium working to develop the giant Kashagan oilfield. This is despite a long-running legal...
Kazakhstan’s Gumilyov Eurasian National University Opens Branch in Kyrgyzstan’s Osh
Times of Central Asia
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August 25, 2025
Kazakhstan’s L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU) has opened a new branch at Osh State University in Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city, Osh. The new branch will offer training in ecology, information and communications technology (ICT),...
Kazakhstan Develops Water-Efficient Rice Variety to Combat Climate and Irrigation Challenges
Times of Central Asia
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August 25, 2025
The Ibrai Zhakhayev Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Rice Growing is trialling a new moisture-saving rice variety in the Kyzylorda region. The variety, known as “Syr Sulu,” is designed to mature more quickly and use significantly less water...
Kazakhstan develops water-saving rice variety
Daryo
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August 25, 2025
Agricultural scientists in Kazakhstan have created a new rice variety, Syr Suluv, designed to ripen faster and use less water, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan reported. Source: Ministry of Water Resources and...
How to Spend Last Summer Weekend: Discover, Experience, Celebrate
The Astana Times
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August 29, 2025
ASTANA – This weekend marks the transition from the final warm days of summer to the beginning of autumn. Take time to celebrate the Constitution Day on Saturday and enjoy the holiday as a moment to relax, recharge, and spend quality time with...
Kazakhstan`s capital to host Astana Finance Days 2025 Forum: Where capital empowers the future
Azertag
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August 25, 2025
Baku, August 25, AZERTAC On 4-5 September 2025, one of the year`s most significant financial events – the 8th Astana Finance Days – will be held in the capital of Kazakhstan, under the auspices of the Astana International Forum (AIF). This year`s...